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I think she is too fat to be Aeon Flux, I mean she's not at her Monster days... but still, it's more like they casted an overweight monster who lost a little bit of weight for the role than someone who might actually fit the role. And yes, I think Milla Jovovich, Lori Petty, Gigi Edgley, Dina Meyer, or Kate Beckinsale would have been better choices, but just about any skinny unknown would have fit the physical role better.

Irréversible is a movie which has two scenes which are very graphic. I don't think it was rated in the US, but it would without a doubt earn a NC-17 rating. I saw it in an art house theater and the ticket seller actually warned me it had extremely graphic scenes in it! The scenes in this movie are graphic because they're integral to the story; they're not in there for shock value. In fact, one of the graphic scenes helps explain the brutality of the other scene. If those two scenes were shot/edited to get an 'R' rating, I wouldn't have had nearly the strong emotional reactions I had to the story and characters in the film. I wouldn't call Irréversible a 'classic', though I'd say it's a good movie and one I'll never forget. I highly recommend a rental (if you can find it) if you're looking for something 'different'.

Having been a fan of the edgy, stream-of-consciousness, animated predecessor and convinced that Charlize Theron would not lend her talents to anything *bad*, I went to see it with high hopes that it would not be...well...what it was.

What was it?

A bad Hollywood retelling that took key characters from the original and dropped them into a mutant hash of a plot (read:dumbed-down-for-mass-market back story with lots of thud, blunder, and CGI, because we're afraid anything else will shoot way over the heads of our target audience) that succeeds in convincing me of one thing:

Suits concerned only with box office revenue, marketing tie-ins and DVD after sales should not be allowed near animated/comic properties for the purposes of making a live action movie.

Leave that to those who can do it right

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218817/ It sucked.

Indiana Jones 3 was released in 1989. Indiana Jones 3 was released in 1989. Indiana Jones 3 was released in 1989. That sink in yet?

Ratings of Indiana Jones movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark -- PG
Temple of Doom -- PG
Last Crusade -- PG-13

Generally when one is joining a sound of a vowel and a consonant, we use a instead of an. As in, "There is no such thing as a XXX rating" (since I have no idea why you'd say anything other than triple-X).

Indiana Jones 3 was released in 1989. Indiana Jones 3 was released in 1989. Indiana Jones 3 was released in 1989. That sink in yet?

Ratings of Indiana Jones movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark -- PG
Temple of Doom -- PG
Last Crusade -- PG-13

Generally when one is joining a sound of a vowel and a consonant, we use a instead of an. As in, "There is no such thing as a XXX rating" (since I have no idea why you'd say anything other than triple-X).

Indiana Jones 3 was released in 1989. Indiana Jones 3 was released in 1989. Indiana Jones 3 was released in 1989. That sink in yet?

Ratings of Indiana Jones movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark -- PG
Temple of Doom -- PG
Last Crusade -- PG-13

Generally when one is joining a sound of a vowel and a consonant, we use a instead of an. As in, "There is no such thing as a XXX rating" (since I have no idea why you'd say anything other than triple-X).

Indiana Jones 3 was released in 1989. Indiana Jones 3 was released in 1989. Indiana Jones 3 was released in 1989. That sink in yet?

Ratings of Indiana Jones movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark -- PG
Temple of Doom -- PG
Last Crusade -- PG-13

Generally when one is joining a sound of a vowel and a consonant, we use a instead of an. As in, "There is no such thing as a XXX rating" (since I have no idea why you'd say anything other than triple-X).

Ah, my bad. I read the phrase "most popular documentary" in history and thought of Fahrenheit, whose $100M+ in worldwide box office receipts topped those of Hoop Dreams. Since Michael Moore keeps insisting that what he makes are "documentaries," I jumped to the wrong conclusion. Sorry about that.

Ah, my bad. I read the phrase "most popular documentary" in history and thought of Fahrenheit, whose $100M+ in worldwide box office receipts topped those of Hoop Dreams. Since Michael Moore keeps insisting that what he makes are "documentaries," I jumped to the wrong conclusion. Sorry about that.

"FIRST Zero-G porn movies, THEN sports."

Porn was there 6 years ago... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310288/

Here's a few more examples if you need them:

UK: 91 Films Banned

Finland: 867 Films Banned

USA: 4 Films Banned

And two of those from the US are for legal reasons and the other two are from 1908. The fact is that USA has always had more freedom of speech than any European country, and still does today. Limiting access to a book or movie is not the same thing as banning it outright. Any person over 17 that really wants to see this movie will have no trouble doing so.

Here's a few more examples if you need them:

UK: 91 Films Banned

Finland: 867 Films Banned

USA: 4 Films Banned

And two of those from the US are for legal reasons and the other two are from 1908. The fact is that USA has always had more freedom of speech than any European country, and still does today. Limiting access to a book or movie is not the same thing as banning it outright. Any person over 17 that really wants to see this movie will have no trouble doing so.

Here's a few more examples if you need them:

UK: 91 Films Banned

Finland: 867 Films Banned

USA: 4 Films Banned

And two of those from the US are for legal reasons and the other two are from 1908. The fact is that USA has always had more freedom of speech than any European country, and still does today. Limiting access to a book or movie is not the same thing as banning it outright. Any person over 17 that really wants to see this movie will have no trouble doing so.

Blockbuster won't carry NC-17 or "unrated" versions of movies.

My local Blockbuster carries a NC-17 movie called Crash (a pretty below average film by the way...IMHO). Plus i've seen lots of unrated films there as well, many times advertised as such. Of course Movie Gallery has even more of these types.

Um.... StarWars was originally a PG movie.

A Clockwork Orange was originally rated "X" in the USA.

Try "Sex and Lucia" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254455/), if you can get an uncut version in the US. It contains vast amounts of nudity and sex, but still has (IMHO) a very good story and a female perspective (which "real" sex films haven't).

The first NC-17 film, Henry & June, has a very good story. While it utilizes some heavy eroticism, it in no way received it's rating due to "shock value". It is an intelligent and well written film.

I'd choose Bill Gates. In game, he would have the same abilities (movement, accuracy, etc) as Conan, but would present a smaller profile and therefore be harder to hit.

I agree with you. In fact you can see that in a lot of video games back in the 2d days. The boss was huge compared to your character.

That is one of the things that appeals about DragonBallZ. You don't have to be big to be powerful. Which allows the young and small to identify. Reminds me of the Jedi, and zelda. Small, but with powerful & agile/big swords.

What I'd like to see is something that allows the agility of human body movement and the power of a tank. That is what was compelling about Exo-Squad

Hmm, just think of what would happen if X-Men, DBZ, WoW, Jedi, Exo-Squad were all merged into one world in a death match type of environment? Hmm, the possibilities...

Well, that, and I tend to die alot.

awww, bill's dead again

F'ing hillarious!

reminds me of that movie "The Toy" with Richard Pryor (sp?) who was hired by "US" Bates (Jackie Gleason) to play with his kid Eric Bates.

IMDB goodness: here

Link Has anyone seen this movie?

Well, I'm glad that the issues has finally come to light. I heard someone else suspected something along these lines before, but he became Fugitive when he murdered his wife.

I believe there was a documentary about this very thing.

I think Universal owned only the television syndication rights to Walker because USA Network was airing repeats at the time Conan started rebroadcasting it. The show's production company and distributor are CBS/Viacom and Sony, not Universal, so new Walker content (!!) can't be distributed on the iTunes Music Store under that agreement.

I think Universal owned only the television syndication rights to Walker because USA Network was airing repeats at the time Conan started rebroadcasting it. The show's production company and distributor are CBS/Viacom and Sony, not Universal, so new Walker content (!!) can't be distributed on the iTunes Music Store under that agreement.

bathos: bathos - a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one

It's great to see slapstick humour is thriving in the U.S.

In highschool myself and a few friends made a habit of getting together to watch comedic silent films. The films were available from libraries and the venerable National Film Board of Canada.

Generally our favourites were Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.

While I fear and loath (in the best intentioned way of the late H.S. Thomson) the policies of America as applied to IP, the USPTO has taken to mimicing Chaplin's indifferent giant machine crunching the common person in the truest, sadly comedic, bathotic fashion. Unfortunately I'm afraid act two has been foredone by Kafka.

Just stop going.

If you do this you can move on to step 2, hiring good actors.

You mean Hackers was actually accurate about viruses?!!?

I'll second that. Just watch the opening credits for the movie version of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979). Erin Grey and Pamela Hensley rolling around on the Buck Rogers letters in tight, revealing clothing. I'll take that over Natalie Portman and hot grits any day.

The linked article doesn't imply Sober has anything to do with Nazism. Was the Sober writer a Neo-Nazi? If so, it would've made much more sense to include this in the article or submitter's comments so the "Nazi anniversary" comment would mean something.

You know what else happens on 5 January 2006? This guy turns 75. Maybe the Sober writer also hates The Godfather! Who knows?

Obscure? It's on my short list of some of the best sci-fi ever written. The short story won the Hugo, the novel won the Nebula, and the movie Charly won an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and received a fistful of other nominations. What surprises me is that it took so long for someone to mention it.

For the first time in the history of Mankind, a Law will stop the related Crime.

Seriously, tell me why this is not just another ploy to make yet another invasive law that lets the govt. sleuths access your desktop easily, without any 'warrant' hassle ?

--
Root of America's predilection for gun violence

Quick, someone call Homeland Security!

They already know. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164912/

Hey - if Jeff Goldblum can take down an alien mothership with a virus it took him an hour to hack together on his PowerBook - it's credible.

Next story?

Since the original posting the rat has got pretty old.

One? I thought they were TWO rats! Narf!

Looks like Rudolph's misfit train will finally have a purpose.

Small? Cat-sized? Carnivorous? Sounds more like these guys to me. Run while you still can!

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Nice, here we go!

http://imdb.com/title/tt0452718/

Conversely, I would be very disappointed if they used HP printers on Battlestar Galactica, or if the Nokia phones had made their appearance in the "real" world part of the Matrix, or if the Nebuchadnezzar had a blue oval on the front.

And who can forget Dr. Evil and Starbucks or the Pepsi in Wayne's World? (I really do have better taste in movies than this post would imply)

Albanians!

First, No...my post is not FUD...and I think Unions are generally a bad thing...unions were intended to help workers, but today they hurt more than they help.

And I'm not arguing that companies are not hurt by shoplifting...

Third, what's wrong with getting rid of employees? Economic growth DEPENDS on getting rid of employees. The less people involved in getting a product to a consumer, the more people we can employ on providing other products.

I don't know what country you live in, but here in the US there are no more "production jobs"...factories/plants have all moved production to Mexico, India, and China...

If the company gets rid of an employee, saving the costs of paying that employee, competition will force those savings to get passed onto the consumer.

This is just wishful thinking...

That consumer will then spend that money they saved elsewhere - causing more people to be employed over there (or they'll save it, and it'll get invested somewhere else, causing more people to be employed over there.) The net result: More stuff!

I think I've heard this argument before...then again, I don't know if you've noticed, but unemployment is going up...if all technology brought more employment, we would not have such high unemployment...

There's a reason we all tend to have TV's, PC's, and cars, instead of being poor farmers or 60-80-hour week factory workers like we were in the 1800's: JOB ELIMINATION! Any job that can be eliminated by technology should be. If we're really good at it, technology will eliminate all jobs and we can spend all our time watching TV and still have all the stuff we want.

If you can't see how your conculusion here is an unattainable utopia, then there's no way I'm gonna help you...technology has certainly helped us as a society, but technology is not the answer for every problem...

I recall this making it famous first, but then again, as acronyms go, it's been around for some time...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089886/

Kent: My condolences on your meltdown.
Chris Knight: What meltdown, Kent?
Kent: I'm not saying you had one, because how would I know? But just in case you do.
Chris Knight: You slime!
Kent: It's your own fault, Knight. Didn't anyone tell you to make sure your optics are clean?

As one of the poor unfortunates who has sat all the way through Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls, I respectfully disagree on this point.

This technique is as old as anti-theft tags themselves, as depicted in the 1987 Madonna-movie Who's that girl?, though that was an unwitting accomplice with planted merchandise. It's only scene in the movie I even remember (I vaguely recall the rest of it sucking), but my then-11-year-old sister was entertained.

You must be new here:
when referencing to the movie which made it famous, you could say fubar,
but in programming, and that's what this article is about, one uses foo bar